"No it really doesn't double, since we use redundancy to control the failure rate to very low numbers."
Good point well made. Been looking at single channel hydraulics too long. Power electric will improve matters further (although personal thoughts are still mechanical for light helis).
Does Sikorsky use the same hydraulic fluid as (say) Gulfstream? From memory it is phosphorus ether, and chemically attacks practically anything. Nasty stuff to have leaking...
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Last edited by Graviman; 31st August 2005 at 19:15.